Antifriction support for a film holder and a driving clutch for motion picture apparatus



Dec. 19, 1939. o. wlTfrEL ET Al. 2,183,522

ANTIFRICTION SUPPORT FOR A FILM IIOLDERAND A DRIIVINGy CLUTCH FOR MOTION PICTURE APPARATUS Filed Sept 23 1937 "KATToRN om; Wittell CarlerJHughey f -l INVENT0R5 n, so

il by thev description whichrfollowsf l Aholderand including an antifriction'connection for maintaining said film holder with negligible o; v f rictionin.- position for` driving engagementvwith said driving means.- The 'antlfriction ythrust-gf` bearing ofthe. invention performs advantageously l in association with driving; clutch membersbe-L yPatented 19, 1??,9

HOLDER vA DRIVING CLUTCH F0 MOTION PICTURE APPARATUS' l otto Wmeiana cuter, J. nughoy, aoohostor,

' N. YJ; assignors'to Eastman Kodak Company,

ltoches'ter.' N. Y., acorporation of New Jersey .nnpl'ionfionsopzolnhor z3, 1'937", soo1' No.1 165,374

. v In Germany September 25,-.1936

s lclaims. lol.- 24a-55)y 5 f- ,The present inventionrelates tok aydriving ,v clutch for motion picture apparatus `and more particularly to an antifriction -support for aiilm f holder to present an engage/able face thereof for o, driving engagement with said'clutch member, Ina motion' picture apparatus, a driving clutch .ymembensuch las a takeup drive, iseither mechanically orresiliently moved toward the driven iilm holder. Such mechanical or resilient movev ment ofthe driving clutch member creates con siderable friction or .binding between thefllm f vholderand its support and such friction is 4particularly undesirable in fllm holders of the magaline, type.'

The primary obiect of thefpresent invention is nism plate I 4 extendsiongitudinally of housing Il and forms onesideof said magazine chamber Il.

the provision o tan antifriction thrust bearing for a film .holder to present the same for driving engagementwith minimum. friction vbetween the fw film holder and its support.

Another object of the Invention is the nectionsupporting the hlm. holder 'including one f thrust bearing for engagement by va c iri ving member.

Otherand further objects of thepresent invenvtion will be suggestedtothosecskilled, in the art The above and otherv objects are attained in a` motionpicture apparatus having a driving means lindriving engagement witha detachableiilm tween which there is positive engagementorfben f tween which there ismerely frictional engage, ment Vof'two planesurfaces.' The latter type of vv clutch is preferable especiallyvfor a takeup drive because such clutch also permits slip betweenthe members which, otherwise .must -be sepliaatelyj` -prov1ded Reference is hereby made' to` the accompanying' -drawing` wherein similar reference/characters.

` becentrally'concaveas aturdesignate lsimilar` elements and y.vivhereinz .i

I `AFig. 1' isfaside elevation of a motion picture apparatusequipped with a driving means `gis a vertical transverse section orithe" lune z-z of-Flg. 1.

.y ture. vapparatus provision of a friction 'driving 4connection including planey surfaces in combination with an antifriction conl Eig.`lf3 is a fragmentary isectionofa driving olutch providing positive engagementf"with the Although 'the invention 1s herein described with respect to 'a motion picturecamera,'it shall be understoodfthat said invention isv equally app1i'V V vcable to'all,V types 'of photographic or motion p icincluding a driving clutch` for a' hun holder.

In theillustrated embodiment, thelmotion pic-V ture apparatusQis enclosed ,within ahousing I0 providing a magazine chamber II andcarrying a hingedv cover y,I2 for enclosing said magazine The driving means lfor 'the apparatus 'may be f PIQVided infconventional manner and may, comprise a spring motor I5 rotatably mounted within housingi and carrying afdriving pinion rIlandl a'drivingassenbly includinga shaft I1 rotatably mounted within a bushing I8 in mechanism plate u caryillgat one"end a pinion gearlg meshing witlidriving pinion I6 andcarryingatthe other end a drivingpart '20 preferably providedas a iiatA disc.l Said driving part 20 is normally urged such asjA a dished lspring member 2 I Since lsaid toward magazine chamber II by a resilient. means which, accordingly, is made thicker `so as to engage atjall times with pinion gear I9 in allaxial .not necessarily; provided as a. illmirnagazina Such lrnmagazine comprises 'a casing havingv a side wall 2 2, 1a lateral wall 23 andaxcover 24. Said side wall 2 2 of the `magazine'casing is: procore 26 isprovided with anvannulargroove "21 interengag'ing'with a vring 28 formed'inwardlyfrom the side wa1l`22 to provide4 a4 light tight jointbe- 4,5 y tween' said core and casing; Film corel 26 lsalso v providod'with an axial holen-having a nat end wall 301, `carries aj'lm coil 3i. andhasfa 'driven vpart 22 extending throughopening'' andi-prefer- The'sup rtin'g means. for the detachable holder may comprise aspindle 35 extendingintov I1 by a screw 4I.

members. Such spring members mayv besup-4 plied as a leaf spring mounted on cover I2 and located preferably to bear on the end of spindle 35. A double leaf spring 31 may also be mounted on cover I2 to bear at two points on the upper portion of the film magazine and 4to hold it within magazine chamber II in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. v

Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be apparent that the plane surface of driving part 2li is i'esiliently lurged by dished spring member 2| against the plane surface 33 of nlm core 2B, leaf spring 36 acting to hold the film magazine in the position shown when the cover I2 is closed. The rotary driving motion of spring motor I5 is transmitted through the frictional engagement between said plane surfaces to the film holder or film Acore 26 for rotation of nlm coil 3 I. It is also evident that there `will be considerable axial thrust upon film core 23 in order to provide the friction necessary to drive it. Consequently, an antifriction thrust bearing is provided according to the invention to present the nlm holder in position with minimum friction for such driving engagement.

The antifriction thrust bearing is provided so as to form a point bearing contact between the film holder and its supporting means. Specifically, the end of spindle 35 has a rounded head 33 bearing against the fiat end wall 3U of axial hole 23. The clearance between the end of film core 23`and casing cover 24 insures that all of the axial thrust will be exerted upon the point contact between said rounded head 33 and flat end wall .33.. `As a result, the nlm core'25 and nlm coil`3I may rotate freelyV within the nlm magazine in spite of the axial vthrust exerted on core. by the `driving assembly of the driving means. 1

The plane surface frictional engagement between driving part 2li and surface 3`3 of ilIm core 26v will also provide the slip connection between thedriving means and film holder and renders such form of the invention preferable. However, the antifriction thrust bearing for the `film holder is also advantageous even though there is a positive driving connection 'between the driving means and the film holder. .Such a positive connection is illustrated in Fig. 3 and will now be described. The driving assembly of the driving means, as before, comprises' a shaft I1 journalled in a bushing IB mounted in mechanism plate I4 and a pinion gear I 9. However, the driving part now comprises a disc 39 and a circular spring member both attached to` shaft i Spring member 40 includes a pair of arms 42 normally extending into magazine chamber 1I.

The detachable film holder may again be in the form of a film'magazine composed of i a side wall 22 having a ring 28 and a cover 24 carrying a spindle 35 withva rounded head 38. "The film core l26 carries film coil 3I, is provided at one end with an axial hole 29 having a flat end wall .30 and is provided at the other end Withan annular groove 21 vinterengaging with said ring 28.

However, the driven part 32 extending through opening 25 has one o r more teeth 43 which are positively engaged by `the arms 42 of spring member 4II. The leaf spring 3G on housing cover i2 urges the driven part 32 of thel nlm holder toward spring I nember 4l of the driving means so that arms 42 engage teeth 43. Said arms 42, at the same time, exert an axial thrust upon film core 2l and also act upon the anti-friction thrust bearing for the nlmholder.

It should be noted that said anti-friction thrust bearing is quite advantageous in resisting with only negligible friction the axial thrust created by both types of driving clutches. Other variations of the invention will be suggested to those skilled in the art and the invention is defined by the appended claims.

We claim:`

1. In a motion picture apparatus, the combination with a supporting spindle having an antifriction end, and a nlm holder having on one end an engageable face, provided in its other end with an axial bore for fitting over said spindle, and having a fiat wall closing the inner end of said bore, of a driving means including a rotatable driven part mounted for axial movement intoV driving engagement with the face on said film holder, axial movement of the film holder by said driving means being limited by the single point contact between the antifriction end of said spindle and the flat wall in said film holder.

2. In a motion picture apparatus provided with a magazineV chamber, the 'combination with a clutch member mounted for rotatable and axial movement and having a plane driving surfacel within said magazine chamber, and an actuating means operatively connected to said clutch member for moving the same axially toward said magazine chamber, of a film magazine having a side wall provided with an opening and containing a film core with a 'plane surface available through said opening for engagement by the plane driving surface of said clutch member when the magazine is positioned within said chamber, and aA thrust bearing between said magazine and said nlm core and adapted without appreciable friction to prevent axial movement of said nlm core by said clutch member.

3. In a motion picture apparatus provided with `a magazine chamber, the combination with a clutch member mounted for rotatable and axial movement and having a plane driving surface within said magazine Ichamber', and-an'actuating means operatively connected to said clutch member for moving the same axially toward said magazine chamber, of a film magazine having a side wall provided with an opening and containing a film core with a plane surface available through said opening, a resilient meansengaging said film magazine to position `it within said chamber with the plane surfaces of said iilm core and'clutch member in frictional driving engagemenhan'd a thrust bearing between said magazine and said film' core and adapted without appreciable friction to prevent axial vmovement of said film core by said clutch member.

y 4. In a motion picture apparatus provided with a magazine chamberjthe combination with a clutch member mounted for rotatable and axial movement and having a driving part within said magazine chamber, and a resilient means engaging said clutch member normally to urge its driv- 'azine is in said chamber, and an antifriction ,thrust bearing composed of a fiat end wall for saidl axial hole and integral with the iilm core,

and a rounded end on said spindle.

5. In a lm'magazinathecombination with a casing having a wall provided with an opening, a lm core within saidvcasing provided with an axial bore and having a at wall -at the inner -end of said bore,` and a spindle in said casing,

fitting into said axial bore, constituting the sole movement of said iilm holder toward said spindle member.

6. In a iilm magazine, Vthe combinationwith a casing having a .wall provided ywith an'opening, a iilm core within said casing, provided with an axial bore and'having an integral iiat wall at n the inner end of said bore, and a spindle in said casing, iitting into said axial bore, constituting the only support for said iilm core, and for 'rotatably supporting said illm core opposite said opening,fof a rounded i' end on said spindle for v making a single point `contact with said at wall at ,the inner end of said axial bore' and for limiting axial movement of said illm holdertoward said spindle member.

CARTER J. noem. 

